Patients with PCOD are sometimes treated with an alternative treatment option that makes use of laparoscopy. In operative laparoscopy, multiple holes are drilled through the thickened ovarian capsule using a laser or cautery. This procedure is known as ovarian drillin...

Most IVF Clinics don’t really look forward to treating older women; as a matter of fact, many will also refuse to treat them citing some other reasons. They primarily do this to keep their success rates at high levels. Older women tend to have fewer eggs and the qual...

Most couples who are attempting to have a baby are instructed by their doctors to have timed sex. It’s a fact that infertility treatment is very exhaustive from the physical and mental viewpoint and the one other impact is that couples also find that their sex drive t...

When an IVF cycle fails , it causes a lot of frustration and anguish; not just for the patient, but for the doctor too. The first thing the patient asks her doctor is – “Why did my cycle fail?” and understandably, doctors are also under a great deal of stress when...

Many doctors are of the opinion that IVF specialists are now doing just too much IVF. A gynecologist friend of mine pointed out that some of his patients are choosing to do IVF even when there is no need for it. In one such case, a patient of his had gone to her doct...

Infertility treatment is very complex; not just in the way the actual treatment is, but because it tends to consume the patient in more ways than one. It’s significantly expensive and it takes an emotional toll on patients. Sometimes, when their cycles fail, patients...

It’s never easy to find a surrogate. As a matter of fact, it’s a decision that can take more of a toll on couples that are still coming to terms with their infertility. If you are considering surrogacy, it’s important that you realize that there is no standard formula...

When a couple first comes to us for treatment, the very first thing we do is counsel and educate them. In fact, this becomes the foundation of the entire procedure. The things we discuss with them at this point of time are the very things that will help them manage so...

There was a time not long ago, when only doctors were experts in the field of medicine. They assimilated knowledge by reading through heaps and heaps of fat medical books and of course they gained knowledge from their professors. They burned the midnight oil and appea...

Many patients who come in for a consultation walk in with fat medical files in tow. These have copies of their previous test results, and there could be summaries of the treatment cycles they have already been through. They place these on my table, wait for me to go t...